Product Description

Win every time you gamble? Is that possible? It is if you play for comps. Every year, U.S. casinos give away more than a billion dollars worth of amenities to customers in return for their gambling action. These give-aways, known as comps (short for complimentaries), range from parking and free drinks to gourmet meals and airfare. Are you getting your share? From nickel slot players to $500 a hand blackjack high rollers, Comp City has shown tens of thousands of gamblers how to get free casino vacations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #242562 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 382 pages

Review
Comp City is a practical, logical, factual -- and hysterical -- guide to bluffing your way into all-expenses-paid hedonism. --New Orleans Times Picayune

Amateur gamblers have had the edge on casinos for a long time. They just never knew it until Max Rubin came along. --Jack Binion, Legendary Casino Operator

Rubin is a comp wizard with an insider's knowledge of the casino industry, and he plays angles that have never even dawned on the rest of us. --John Grochowski, Chicago Sun Times

About the Author
Since the first publication of Comp City, author Max Rubin has been teaching gamblers how to exploit the casino comp system for fun and profit. A former casino executive (and current comp hustler), Rubin has been featured on CBS' 48 Hours, the Travel Channel's 'The Pro's Guide to Vegas,' and Discover Channel's 'Casino Diaries.' Rubin currently hosts The Ultimate Blackjack Tour on CBS.

Customer Reviews

Amusing, but...
Rubin is an amusing fellow, obviously a debaucher, degenerate, and reprobate. This I admire, along with his writing style and ability to spin an ancedote. What I can't grasp is the cheapskate mentality that would have folks do almost anything for a comp. I go to Vegas to gamble and to win money. I can readily afford the cheap airfares, rooms, and food or I wouldn't go. I can't imagine making large bets into a negative deck just because the floorman is watching and I want to fool him into inflating my rating. Intentionally spill a drink on the table to stop the game for a few minutes so you play fewer hands than reported? Gimme a break. Ninety percent of average players would be far better off learning to gamble intelligently than worrying about sqeezing a few extra comp dollars. Still, some of the stories are laugh out loud funny and worth the price of the book.

He is really pushing the definition of "comps"!!
This book was really a disappointment! We go to Las Vegas frequently and do take advantage of many legitimate comps offered by the casinos. I had hoped this book could give me some further insight into the intricacies of the comp system. Unfortunately, Max Rubin has written a book about squeezing the system dry.

Some of his topics include "Feeding 4 with a comp for only 2" - this sections includes bribing the waitress with $5 and ask her if it is ok for your guests to "taste" your food. He says to
make sure you order plenty of appetizers so you will have empty plates for your guests' portions of the food.

He says that if you are being comped for Room, Food and Beverages, never leave the hotel without taking home at least a couple of extra bottles of booze or champagne. This is not taking advantage of comps, this is stealing.

He also says that if you are offered free tickets to a fight, don't worry if you are not a fan of boxing. He says to take the freebies and resell them and then he says "you're on your way".

A really poor book. Not at all what I expected.

For all of you who......
First, I would like to say flat out-- yes, Max talks about husteling every possible comp you can get and sometimes the methods he mentions can be demeaning or whatever (pardon my terrible spelling!). But this is the definitive book an all aspects of comps, from sittting down at a slot machine right as the cocktail waitress walks by to full RFB (room, food and beverage), and as such, it covers ALL aspects. You choose what you want to do, but don't bite the book because you don't like some methods. Secondly, I would like to inform all the people who rate this book low and talk about Max's strategies eventually losing your bank and this that and the other thing. Knowing about blackjack and standard deviation and the correct odds will help you there. If you DO play basic strategy blackjack, your comps will, ON AVERAGE, pay for your blackjack play and then some. Don't tell the people who are browsing this book that Max doesn't know about casinos. This is MAX RUBIN. Max is a very knowledgable man, and the host of teh infamous Blackjack Ball, where all the best of the best BJ players get together and brag to eachother about how great they all are. I can assure you Max knows what he is talking about. If you are looking to make money, learn to count cards, or better yet, get a real job. If you are looking to get the most bang for your buck, get free stuff, and maybe even have a Vegas vacation pay for itself, GET THIS BOOK. Max is the man!